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"FIND THIS WOMAN! Hold her for the police! For her lips hold the fate of six people! Murder! Suspense! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance!"

1934 1h 9m EN

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Synopsis

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No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor party for a friend in need, Lena winds up at a gambling house where she is the sole witness when Mayor Wentworth's drunken lout of a son shoots the owner. Wentworth's political machine wants Lena to falsely incriminate mob boss Callahan to bolster their re-election campaign. Callahan's mouthpiece nabs Lena first, conveying her stealthily by train from Toledo to New York to prevent her from testifying against the big boss. A midnight special smash-up, a tense courtroom finale and true love triumphant round out this typical Fox pre-Code programmer, released just before the Legion of Decency dropped the hammer in 1934.

“FIND THIS WOMAN! Hold her for the police! For her lips hold the fate of six people! Murder! Suspense! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance!”

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Cast

Wynne Gibson
Lena Karelson
Preston Foster
Jason Everett
Mona Barrie
Ada Robillard
Harvey Stephens
Martin Knox
Roger Imhof
MacGowan
J. Carrol Naish
Carl Izzard
Suzanne Kaaren
Dixie
Howard Lally
Jack Wentworth

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenneth MacKenna
Writers: Lester Cole
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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92 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kenneth MacKenna, shot by Ernest Palmer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Wynne Gibson and Preston Foster and Mona Barrie carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "FIND THIS WOMAN! Hold her for the police! For her lips hold the fate of six people! Murder! Suspense! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance!".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0025801 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kenneth MacKenna directs. Ernest Palmer behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
292 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Kenneth MacKenna, shot by Ernest Palmer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Wynne Gibson and Preston Foster and Mona Barrie carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "FIND THIS WOMAN! Hold her for the police! For her lips hold the fate of six people! Murder! Suspense! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance!".
7IMDB entry: tt0025801 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.